Colombo: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court last week directed authorities to issue summons to ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear in court over the disappearances...
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Sitharaman, Kamala Harris among Forbes' 100 most powerful women
- 14 Dec 2022
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Vice President Kamala Harris are among Forbes' 19th annual list of 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women' of 2022.
Rachna Singh becomes first South Asian minister in Canada
- 14 Dec 2022
A native of Punjab and a three-time MLA from Surrey Green Timber, Rachna Singh (49), created history by becoming the first South Asian woman to become Education and Childcare Minister of British Columbia province in Canada. She is the second...
2 Sikh people killed in Canada
- 14 Dec 2022
Pak govt now invites Imran’s PTI for ‘negotiations’
- 07 Dec 2022
Islamabad: The Pakistan government invited Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for holding “unconditional talks”, saying negotiations are part of the political process and complex problems are resolved when two sides hear each other...
Former Pak PM Imran calls off march to avoid ‘chaos’
- 30 Nov 2022
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called off the ‘long march’ to the capital Islamabad fearing chaos and announced his party would resign from state assemblies in a new bid to push for early elections.
Pak embassy in Afghanistan attacked
- 07 Dec 2022
Protesters rally in Bangladesh to demand fresh elections
- 14 Dec 2022
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's largest opposition group have assembled in Dhaka to oppose the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led administration and call for fresh elections.
Temple, homes and shops of Hindus vandalised in Bangladesh
- 20 Jul 2022
Dhaka: A temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community have been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh by some unidentified people over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam, in the latest spate of violence targeting the religious...
“NO BETTER ALLY THAN THE UK”
- 25 Nov 2020
Recently appointed Indian-American Chief of Staff to Acting Defence Secretary speaks about 9/11, Kashmir, safeguarding regional security in the Indian Ocean through the Quad and the UK-USA special relationship.
Harvey Weinstein rape trial begins in New York
- 08 Jan 2020
Dressed in a black suit, former film producer Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark rape trial, met by celebrity accusers including Rosanna Arquette who helped fuel the #MeToo movement in the wake...
A gutsy and outdoorsy couple tale
- 29 Jun 2021
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Nepal ruling coalition bags 90 seats out of 165
- 07 Dec 2022
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
Sporadic violence, low turnout mar Nepal polls
- 23 Nov 2022
Kathmandu: Sporadic violence and lower-than-expected turnout on Sunday marred Nepal’s parliamentary elections, which many hoped would bring political stability in the Himalayan nation that has changed 13 governments in the last 16 years.
Three generations, three journeys
- 05 Sep 2022
Rakesh Patel, a 47-year-old commodity trader took a plunge to visit Greenland. Speaking to Asian Voice, he said, “Over a hundred years ago, our grandparents emigrated from India to Africa in search of a better life. In 1972, our parents had...
‘2024, MODI ONCE MORE’
- 04 May 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
Islamabad: In a major reprieve for Pakistan, the global terrorist-financing watchdog FATF announced the country’s removal from its grey list, saying the South Asian country, often described by India as the fountainhead of international terrorism,...
- 02 Nov 2022
Karachi: A Pakistani court refused to allow a Hindu girl to leave a shelter home and go with her parents despite medical tests confirming that she was 16 years old when she was forcibly abducted, converted to Islam and married to her captor...
Colombo: Thousands of Sri Lankans demonstrated in the nation's capital, Colombo, against the state of the economy and the savage crackdown on protesters earlier. Participants included civil rights organisations, trade unions and students.
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan kick started his long march from Lahore to Islamabad with a “Dirty Harry” dig at ISI boss Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum, a day after the latter’s unprecedented appearance at a presser to accuse him of trying...
Three Indian students, two from Telangana and one from Andhra Pradesh, have died in a road accident in New Haven in the US recently.
Jerusalem: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to settle a long-standing dispute over who should control a portion of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the leaders of the two nations said. This is a significant diplomatic achievement between two neighbours...
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to enact policies to boost birth rate in the country as policymakers worry that an imminent decline in the country’s population could hurt the world’s second-biggest economy.
Paris: Despite internet outages, angry protesters returned to the streets once more across Iran as the uprising prompted by Mahsa Amini's death in detention entered its fifth week.
Washington: White House national security spokesman John Kirby stated that President Joe Biden is re-evaluating the US relationship with Saudi Arabia after Opec announced last week that it would cut oil production.
